The day after being dumped by the boyfriend to whom she was going to give her virginity, Sawako Tsukahara (Kumiko Endo), an office lady in the accounting department of Manpan Trading Co., is dispatched as a helper to General Affairs Section 2. General Affairs Section 2, nicknamed "Shomuni," is the company's cesspool department where underachieving office ladies are gathered. The members of the General Affairs Department are Chinatsu Tsuboi (Reiko Takashima), who is in charge of the department; the femme fatale Kana Miyashita (Michiko Kawai); the self-disciplined Yumiko Maruhashi (Asako Kobayashi); the boastful Kayoko Tokunaga (Mari Hamada); the unremarkable Section Chief Inoue (Masao Komatsu); and the stray cat, Butcha.
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Reiko Takashima
Chinatsu Tsuboi
Known for
Yakuza Apocalypse
Space Battleship Yamato
Kumiko Endo
Sawako Tsukahara
Known for
Tomie: Rebirth
Tokyo Raiders
Yoshiki Nomura
Nobuyuki Isshiki
Takayoshi Watanabe
Michiko Kawai
Kana Miyashita
Also in
Into the White Night
They Were Eleven
Asako Kobayashi
Yumiko Maruhashi
Known for
Midnight Diner
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
Mari Hamada
Kayoko Tokunaga
Known for
The Cat Returns
Burn the House Down
Masao Komatsu
Koichi Inoue
Known for
Journey to the Shore
Yoshihiko Hakamada
Tomohiro Ukyo
Known for
The Cat Returns
Tokyo Vice
Mizuki Kanno
Yumiko
Also in
Angel 2: Dominatrix of Mystery
Hole in the Pants 4: Strawberries That Aren't Mushy
Sadawo Abe
Masao
Known for
Parasyte: Part 1
Kamikaze Girls
Takayoshi Watanabe Director · Nobuyuki Isshiki Screenplay Isao Tomita Editor
First release November 28, 1998 · Produced in Japan · Original title ショムニ
Production
Shochiku
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Japan
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Original title
ショムニ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 28, 1998
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No release date listed for United States.
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